You must be a logged in subscriber to view this content. Not a subscriber? Sign up today!
Catholics and Protestants came together at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral on Good Friday to celebrate the unity they share in the life and resurrection of Jesus. It was the second year the cathedral hosted an ecumenical Tenebrae service. The Rev. Jeff Lewis explained the service is one of the...
Topics:
Faith,
Leaders & Institutions
Beliefs:
Christian - Catholic, Christian - Protestant/Other
Tags:
catholic, christian, ecumenical good friday service, ecumenical spokane, good friday, our lady of lourdes cathedral, tenebrae service
Tracy Simmons serves as the editor and community manager of SpokaneFAVS.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in print journalism and a master’s degree in communication.
She’s reported on religion for about a decade and has written for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut.
Over the y...
View Contributor Profile
You must acquire rights to repost our content. Log in now for permission to download and reprint or repost this article.
On Friday evening, the sanctuary at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral will slowly get darker and darker, symbolizing the crucifixion of Jesus and the suspense of his resurrection.
It’s the second year the church has hosted the Ecumenical Tenebrae Prayer Service, which will be celebrated by five o...
More
|
Comments (2)
Living in a monastery means Holy Week is a special, profound time. Our lives are oriented around the liturgical calendar. But I think it would be easier if Holy Week was just about historical events. I mean seeing the events of 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem as a history lesson is still powerful....
More
|
Comments (0)
"Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words. They should remain open. Our only comfort is the God of the resurrection, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
This was one of the quotes I used Sunday in my Easter message about Jesus and his enter...
More
|
Comments (4)
When the nation’s Catholic bishops gather in Atlanta next week (June 13-15) for their annual spring meeting, a top agenda item will be assessing the reforms they adopted 10 years ago as revelations of widespread sexual abuse of children by priests consumed the church.
The policy package they approved at that 2002 meeting in Dallas was known as the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, or the Dallas charter, for short. With it, the bishops vowed to finally put an end to the abuse and secrecy.
More
|
Comments (1)
At noon on Thursday Bishop Blase Cupich will celebrate Mass to pray for Pope Francis, the newly elected pontiff, as well as the Catholic Church.
More
|
Comments (0)
May 15, 2013
May 13, 2013
May 19, 2013
Aug 28, 2012
Jan 17, 2013
I don’t think it’s ever ok for a preacher to speak about politics. Much of our world’s trouble has...
I feel like people are often far more concerned about the wedding day than everything (the marriage!...
A fine answer, Rev! Babies can be a sex-killer for a lot of reasons: pain being chief among them....
Provoking questions! As a single guy I don’t have a clue, but I sense you have a deeper understandin...
I never have a hard time steering away from people and focusing on policies, principles and programs...
You also can sign in with Facebook or Twitter if you've connected your account to them.